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Austria's Wiener Werkstatte was an organization where the first graphic design agency came from. The work from the agency inspired new styles like Bauhaus and Deco. https://99designs.com/blog/design-history-movements/history-graphic-design/
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The bauhaus followed off of the Weiner Werksatte's works to create an artistic ideal to sum up all the art forms into one piece of art. https://99designs.com/blog/design-history-movements/history-graphic-design/
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William A. Dwiggins had used the term "graphic design" to explain what his role was as a book illustrator. This finally opened up a way to label these people with graphic designer roles. https://99designs.com/blog/design-history-movements/history-graphic-design/
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Cassandre used geometric styles along with words to create a unison of artistic ideas. https://www.britannica.com/art/graphic-design/Graphic-design-in-the-20th-century
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The man Oud used his cafe building as a canvas and combined graphic design, architecture, and the stijl style. https://segd.org/graphic-design-architecture-20th-century-history
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Rockfeller Center was a building that was composed of many different and unique elements. The building had an art deco style to it by Raymond Hood. https://segd.org/graphic-design-architecture-20th-century-history
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Stanley Morrison develops the famous typeface called "Times New Roman". The Times of London commissioned the typeface soon after. https://www.lifewire.com/key-moments-in-graphic-design-history-1697527
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A new art style called Swiss was developed that uses techniques such as negative space, Sans - serif type, and asymmetry. https://www.lifewire.com/key-moments-in-graphic-design-history-1697527
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After a while, a movement begins replacing some old style techniques with more geometric ones. https://www.lifewire.com/key-moments-in-graphic-design-history-1697527
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The book, "Thoughts on Design" by the legendary graphic designer Paul Rand had a huge impact on soon to be graphic designers. https://www.lifewire.com/key-moments-in-graphic-design-history-1697527
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The new style kitsch is introduced that emphases high contrast, bold colors, fantastic imagery, and illustrations of dramatically posed figures, that were very popular with movie posters. https://www.lifewire.com/key-moments-in-graphic-design-history-1697527
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Later on, Helvetica is developed by Max Miedinger and very soon becomes an extremely popular and standard typeface. https://www.lifewire.com/key-moments-in-graphic-design-history-1697527
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A little time passes and the magazine, "Communication Arts" releases its first issue and soon becomes an industry basic. https://www.lifewire.com/key-moments-in-graphic-design-history-1697527
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The Psychedelic style is introduced featuring swirls, obscure fonts transformed into shapes, and bright colors. It was inspired by hallucinations. https://www.lifewire.com/key-moments-in-graphic-design-history-1697527
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Cinemagraphs are created to grab viewers' attention in the clutter of on-screen marketing. They are photographs with a small movement that is barely noticable. https://www.lifewire.com/key-moments-in-graphic-design-history-1697527
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